Lyrics: 1. Qasaman binnazilat ilmahiqat Waddima’ izzakiyat ittahirat Wa-lbunud il-lami’at ilkhafiqat Fi-ljibal ish-shamikhat ish-shahiqat Nahnu thurna fahayatun aw mamat Wa ‘aqadna-l’azma ‘an tahya-ljaza’ir Fashhadu! Fashhadu! Fashhadu! 2. Nahnu jundun fi sabil ilhaqqi thurna Wa ‘ila-stiqlalina bilharbi qumna. Lam yakun yusgha lana lamma nataqna Fattakhathna rannat albarudi wazna. Wa ‘azafna naghamat arrashshashi lahna Wa ‘aqadna-l’azma ‘an tahya-ljaza’ir Fashhadu! Fashhadu! Fashhadu! 3. Ya Faransa qad madha waqt ul’itab Wa tawaynahu kama yutwa-lkitab Ya Faransa inna tha yawm ulhisab Fasta’iddi wa khuthi minna-ljawab ‘inna fi thawratina fasl alkhitab Wa ‘aqadna-l’azma ‘an tahya-ljaza’ir Fashhadu! Fashhadu! Fashhadu! 4. Nahnu min ‘abtalina nadfa’u junda Wa ‘ala ‘ashla’ina nassna’u majda Wa ‘ala ‘arwahina nas’adu khulda Wa ‘ala hamatina narfa’u banda Jabhata-t-tahriri a’taynaki ahda Wa ‘aqadna-l’azma ‘an tahya-ljaza’ir Fashhadu! Fashhadu! Fashhadu! 5. Sarkhatu-l’awtani min sah ilfida Isma’uha wastajibu linnida Waktubuha bidima’ ish-shuhada Waqra’uha libani-ljili ghada Qad madadna laka ya majdu yada Wa ‘aqadna-l’azma ‘an tahya-ljaza’ir Fashhadu! Fashhadu! Fashhadu! English: 1. We swear by the lightning that destroys, By the streams of generous blood being shed, By the bright flags that wave, Flying proudly on the high djebels, That we are in revolt, whether to live or to die, We are determined that Algeria should live, So be our witness -be our witness -be our witness! 2. We are soldiers in revolt for truth And we have fought for our independence. When we spoke, nobody listened to us, So we have taken the noise of gunpowder as our rhythm And the sound of machine guns as our melody, We are determined that Algeria should live, So be our witness -be our witness -be our witness! 3. O France, the time of reproof is over And we have ended it as a book is ended; O France, this is the day of reckoning So prepare to receive from us our answer! In our revolution is the end of empty talk; We are determined that Algeria should live, So be our witness -be our witness -be our witness! 4. From our heroes we shall make an army come to being, From our dead we shall build up a glory, Our spirits shall ascend to immortality And on our shoulders we shall raise the Standard. To the nation’s Liberation Front we have sworn an oath, We are determined that Algeria should live, So be our witness -be our witness -be our witness! 5. The cry of the Fatherland sounds from the battlefields. Listen to it and answer the call! Let it be written with the blood of martyrs And be read to future generations. Oh, Glory, we have held out our hand to you, We are determined that Algeria should live, So be our witness -be our witness -be our witness!
